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Oct 09 2015
News
These political scientists may have just discovered why U.S. politics are a disaster
There's a lot of disgust in America with politicians' inability to get things done. In the race to win the Republican presidential nomination, that disgust has so far benefited outsider candidates. Non-career politicians Donald Trump, Carly Fiorina and Ben Carson have all promised to ride in and fix Washington.
But new research by Nolan McCarty, a professor at Princeton University, and
Washington Post
May 20 2019
News
Buttigieg Leans In on His Military Service
Democrat who has quickly risen to top tier of 2020 field is putting more emphasis on Navy Reserve stint.
IOWA CITY, Iowa—Pete Buttigieg is entering a new phase of his White House bid, nodding more forcefully to a part of his background that distinguishes him from nearly all of his campaign rivals—his military service.
Mr. Buttigieg, the 37-year-old mayor of South Bend, Ind., over
Wall Street Journal (News)
Mar 05 2019
News
Clinton camp stews over Sanders 2020 campaign
Former Hillary Clinton aides and allies are scrutinizing Bernie’s flaws and vulnerabilities — much as he once did to her.
Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton formally made peace at a New Hampshire unity event in July 2016 where the two rivals sought to put the acrimonious Democratic primary behind them.
Clinton staffers, however, weren’t party to that agreement. And now that
Politico
Feb 04 2013
News
Conservative Groups Mock Crossroads' Initiative
Two powerful conservative groups say a new American Crossroads' initiative, formed to work against Republican candidates it deems unelectable, is just another attempt to muzzle the GOP's true base.
American Crossroads, a super PAC founded by a group led by former Bush White House advisor Karl Rove, was the largest Republican super PAC of the 2012 election cycle. The idea behind the PAC'
Newsmax (News)
Jan 26 2015
News
Jeb's invisible man strategy
In the so-called Invisible Primary of 2016, Jeb Bush is the invisible man — and he prefers it that way.
After taking the political world by surprise in early January with the formation of a shiny new political committee, Bush has largely receded from public view, instead putting an acute focus on raising money and building what his growing team of aides describe as a "shock and awe"
CNN (Online News)
May 13 2019
News
Biden jolts Dem fight for big donors
Democratic presidential campaigns are pouring more effort into winning big donors to go with the widespread focus on online fundraising.
Elizabeth Warren has sworn off attending big-money private fundraisers. But a small group of Hollywood writers and producers recently gathered over drinks to talk about how to raise money for Warren’s presidential campaign without her.
Warren’s
Politico
Feb 19 2020
Opinion
It’s time to give the elites a bigger say in choosing the president
Only a fraction of the Democratic primary electorate has voted so far, but the nomination season is off to a rocky start. Independent Bernie Sanders seems to be leading in popular votes, while upstart Pete Buttigieg is ahead in the delegate count. And there’s also the question of whether either one — or any of the other candidates — can bring the party together moving forward.
The
Washington Post
Feb 23 2019
Opinion
How Ballot-Harvesting Became The New Way To Steal An Election
With ballot-harvesting, paper votes are collected by intermediaries who deliver them to polling officials, presumably increasing voter turnout but also creating opportunities for mischief.
America’s electoral obsession isn’t Russian meddling anymore. It’s ballot-harvesting, a long-disputed practice implicated in fraud that’s come to the fore with the nationwide embrace of absentee
The Federalist
Jul 30 2014
News
VA vanishes from the media, even as Congress on the verge of passing reform
Congress, which hasn’t been able to do much of anything other than spin its wheels, may be on the verge of passing a law to deal with the VA debacle.
If you haven’t heard much about that, it’s because the media have largely lost interest.
The top negotiators, Sen. Bernie Sanders, the Vermont independent, and Rep. Jeff Miller, a Florida Republican, have struck a deal that would
Fox News (Online News)